IT’S Alex Young week at Everton. For those fans who haven’t yet seen it, Neville Smith and Ken Loach’s seminal docu-drama, The Golden Vision gets another airing on BBC4 on Monday at 8.50pm.

And 40 years after its first screening, that indefatigable Evertonian, Dr David France, intends to make modern fans aware of his football hero’s genius.

Dr France has produced a limited edition biography of Young, written in conjunction with the player himself, and called, quite simply: Alex Young - The Golden Vision.

The book will be launched next month with a series of functions, all of which will benefit the Everton Former Players Foundation.

After devoting a large portion of his life to collecting and collating artefacts, items and memorabilia belonging to Everton idols from all eras of the club’s history, David France was keen to pay homage to his own boyhood hero.

He explained: “The Golden Vision is a biography with a difference. I have sought to describe his career by simply reporting the facts.

“There was no need to weave mythical tales about Alex Young, the truth would suffice.

“For the most part it is drawn from a series of interviews conducted over a period of six years. More than anything, I trust that this book accurately portrays him as an unassuming gentleman whose fame is underpinned by true accomplishment and captures his importance to the Everton family.

“Because he played in the pre-Match of the Day era, there is little video evidence of his exquisite performances. Therefore I relied on the 400 contributions from supporters across the football world who took delight in reporting their personal sightings, interactions, anecdotes, family tales, special memories as well as sharing extracts from family scrapbooks and photo albums.

“I hope that these contributions reflect Merseyside’s enduring respect for his genius. Also I trust that those who did not see him wear the number nine shirt will gain some appreciation why those who did remain in awe of Alex Young.”

There is no doubt that Young touched all who came into contact with him – and Dr France’s description of notes taken from his interactions with another Goodison legend, Alan Ball, were typical.

The book has already sold the majority of its limited edition print-run, but remaining copies will be available in the Radio Merseyside foyer on Friday September 12 (1pm-2pm), in the Alex Young suite at Goodison Park the following day (1pm-2pm), and at a Blue Kipper Icon Dinner in the New Kensington Suite of the Adelphi Hotel (tickets from BlueKipper.com website) on Friday, September 12.